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Re: Emergency power generators
From: Brandon Galbraith <brandon.galbraith () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:35:47 -0600
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:21 PM, gordon b slater <gordslater () ieee org>wrote:
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 13:17 -0600, Joe Greco wrote:If your gear doesn't "support" it, talk to generator service guys who are well-thought-of in your area. I'd place good odds that they'll be happy to outfit you with a computer-readable fuel level indicator, oil pressure, remote test, etc., etc., though they may be smiling their way to the bank and thanking you for all the custom work. ... JGa lot of places just use a linux or BSD SFF/mini-ITX with a webcam grabbing a jpeg/png every few seconds or once a minute on a cron job, pointed at the controls/guages/meters. Just make sure the target area is well-lit so the cam can see needles/guages etc. <big snip>
I've solved this in several locations with Arduino (google is your friend) boards. They're cheap ($40-$100/pop), are easily networked, and can be used to send the required data back in a variety of formats (we have Nagios monitoring them, checking every X minutes). This, of course, is no replacement for running the genset every so often to verify it actually starts. -brandon -- Brandon Galbraith Mobile: 630.400.6992 FNAL: 630.840.2141
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